[There are answers to that. Answers she doesn't want to know that have her in a much happier place, but he knows she doesn't want to hear that, so he just kisses her instead.]
[Alex just kisses him back, molding herself to him as her hand slides between them to start on his buttons, and then she pulls back just a bit to whisper, her eyes locked on his.]
There's nowhere else I'd rather be, Richard. I love you, and no matter what happens, I'd still always chose this.
[And then she just kisses him again, because she knows he loves her and she doesn't need him to say it back.]
[He kisses back, only this time the kiss has less libido in it and more of his heart. More of that phrase he's only said once while he was half asleep. Pulling back, he rests his forehead against hers, eyes closed. as he brushes her hair.]
I know.
[Kissing her again he adds a slight rib between them.]
[Alex just closes her eyes for a moment, smiling into the kiss as she feels it change, and her arms wrap around his neck, just holding onto him before she laughs once more against his lips.]
[Hey, he thought it was a pretty effective threat.
Now that she's killed the mood better than he did earlier he's going to sit on the bed, half dressed, and pull her into his arms, hiding his own smirk by keeping her back to him.]
Finished?
[His own amusement still shows through his voice in a slight laugh despite his trying not to.]
[Alex knows how to read him and his voice well enough to know just how amused he is too, and while she wants the expression on her face to be a smirk, she knows that it's actually a rather large grin that has a bit of smugness in it.
Still she traced her fingers up his arms slowly, her voice still holding so much amusement in it.]
You act like you didn't know I was going to crack up when you said it, Richard Strand.
[Because of course he did, so really, he was the one who killed the mood and not her.]
[He really would have put her shirt back on and gone to read a book if she'd gone that far into fanciful sappiness on him. It would have been the principal of the matter if nothing else.
He leans in to plant a soft kiss against her spine.]
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Date: 2018-08-24 04:11 am (UTC)[He'll just punctuate that with another kiss.]
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Date: 2018-08-24 04:18 am (UTC)[And she's just going to kiss his neck before she whispered:]
And where would we be without one another?
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Date: 2018-08-24 04:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-08-24 04:25 am (UTC)There's nowhere else I'd rather be, Richard. I love you, and no matter what happens, I'd still always chose this.
[And then she just kisses him again, because she knows he loves her and she doesn't need him to say it back.]
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Date: 2018-08-24 04:31 am (UTC)I know.
[Kissing her again he adds a slight rib between them.]
But it's still a poor choice.
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Date: 2018-08-24 04:42 am (UTC)Good. But it's mine.
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Date: 2018-08-24 05:08 am (UTC)See, poor taste.
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Date: 2018-08-24 11:44 pm (UTC)Poor taste is the new good taste, my love.
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Date: 2018-08-25 04:02 am (UTC)[He'll be unbuttoning her shirt now.]
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Date: 2018-08-25 05:04 am (UTC)[The words are a smirk against his neck again.]
Maybe taste doesn't matter in the slightest.
[She's just going to use his shirt to tug him closer to the bed.]
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Date: 2018-08-25 06:57 am (UTC)[He sounds entertained as he lets her pull him to the bed.]
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Date: 2018-08-25 07:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-08-25 07:09 am (UTC)Now that she's killed the mood better than he did earlier he's going to sit on the bed, half dressed, and pull her into his arms, hiding his own smirk by keeping her back to him.]
Finished?
[His own amusement still shows through his voice in a slight laugh despite his trying not to.]
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Date: 2018-08-25 05:57 pm (UTC)Still she traced her fingers up his arms slowly, her voice still holding so much amusement in it.]
You act like you didn't know I was going to crack up when you said it, Richard Strand.
[Because of course he did, so really, he was the one who killed the mood and not her.]
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Date: 2018-08-26 06:50 am (UTC)[He really would have put her shirt back on and gone to read a book if she'd gone that far into fanciful sappiness on him. It would have been the principal of the matter if nothing else.
He leans in to plant a soft kiss against her spine.]
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Date: 2018-08-27 12:13 am (UTC)I know you were. That's why it's so funny, my love.
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Date: 2018-08-27 04:13 am (UTC)[He envelops her the rest of the way in his arms, crossing them in front of him.]
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Date: 2018-08-27 04:37 am (UTC)[Leaning back into him, Alex Judy dotted a kiss to his jawline.]
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Date: 2018-08-27 05:04 am (UTC)[He leans around carefully to have access to her lips.]
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Date: 2018-08-27 09:54 pm (UTC)Perfectly adequate if you wanted me to laugh that is.
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Date: 2018-08-29 04:29 am (UTC)[He pauses to think.]
It kept you from saying something stupid.
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Date: 2018-08-30 12:59 am (UTC)[A beat and a grin.]
Even before you threaten to put my shirt back on.
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Date: 2018-08-30 01:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-08-30 02:05 am (UTC)[Alex is just going to lean back into him with a cheeky grin.]
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Date: 2018-08-30 04:04 am (UTC)[He'll just weaponize your touchiness against you.]
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